diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/bundles/searchIndex/distributed/DistributedSearchIndexExecutor.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/bundles/searchIndex/distributed/DistributedSearchIndexExecutor.java
index dc382fb0a26..427cc4ad462 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/bundles/searchIndex/distributed/DistributedSearchIndexExecutor.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/bundles/searchIndex/distributed/DistributedSearchIndexExecutor.java
@@ -1102,6 +1102,13 @@ public class DistributedSearchIndexExecutor {
     // Set up per-entity promotion callback if recreating indices
     if (recreateIndex && recreateContext != null) {
       this.recreateIndexHandler = Entity.getSearchRepository().createReindexHandler();
+      // Wire job configuration so applyLiveServingSettings can revert bulk-build overrides
+      // (refresh=-1, replicas=0, async translog) before the per-entity alias swap.
+      if (recreateIndexHandler instanceof DefaultRecreateHandler defaultHandler
+          && currentJob != null
+          && currentJob.getJobConfiguration() != null) {
+        defaultHandler.withJobData(currentJob.getJobConfiguration());
+      }
       entityTracker.setOnEntityComplete(this::promoteEntityIndex);
       LOG.info(
           "Per-entity promotion callback SET for job {} (recreateIndex={}, recreateContext entities={})",
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/DefaultRecreateHandler.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/DefaultRecreateHandler.java
index 53fb62db5de..daba88d3374 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/DefaultRecreateHandler.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/DefaultRecreateHandler.java
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ public class DefaultRecreateHandler implements RecreateIndexHandler {
 
     // Always clear staged-index routing on the way out — see the rationale in finalizeReindex.
     try {
+      // Restore live serving settings on the staged index before alias swap. The bulk-build
+      // overrides (refresh=-1, replicas=0, async translog) must NOT be the new live settings,
+      // or newly indexed docs are buffered indefinitely until a manual _refresh.
+      applyLiveServingSettings(searchClient, stagedIndex, entityType);
+      maybeForceMerge(searchClient, stagedIndex, entityType);
+
       Set<String> aliasesToAttach =
           getAliasesFromMapping(indexMapping, searchRepository.getClusterAlias());